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X96

Assault by explosive material

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

  • X96.0 Assault by antipersonnel bomb (also a header)
  • X96.1 Assault by gasoline bomb (also a header)
  • X96.2 Assault by letter bomb (also a header)
  • X96.3 Assault by fertilizer bomb (also a header)
  • X96.4 Assault by pipe bomb (also a header)
  • X96.8 Assault by other specified explosive (also a header)
  • X96.9 Assault by unspecified explosive (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Assault by explosive material

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X96

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • incendiary device (X97)
  • terrorism involving explosive material (Y38.2-)

Inherited from the X92-Y09 section Assault (X92-Y09)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)
  • injuries due to operations of war (Y36.-)
  • injuries due to terrorism (Y38.-)

Includes

  • homicide
  • injuries inflicted by another person with intent to injure or kill, by any means